Heel for boots and shoe.



PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

J. P. LOBER. HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED 818F128, 1905.

)Vitmeoow JOHN F. Leena, OFF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEEL FOR 8001's AND SHOES.

Not 844,882.

To all w/tom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. LoBER, a

' citizen of the, United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of lennsylvania, have invented a Heel for Boots and Shoes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to heels for boots and shoes, and more especially to the class of rubber heels.

The principal objects of this invention are to provide a rubber heel for boots and shoes which can be readily and securely attached to the boot or shoe without the employment of extraneous fastening devices, which shall ,fit snugly to the boot or shoe and present a neat appearance when applied, and which shall produce the resiliency usually required of a heel of this character.

Other objects and advantages of the inventipn will hereinafter appear, and what I claim as novel will be hereinafter more speci'lically set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the application of my invention'to a 'shoe. Fig. 2 is a detail view, enlarged, illustrating the false heel by which the rubber heel is attached. Fig. 3-isa bottom plan view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the application of the rubber heel. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the rubber heel. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of same. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the rubber heel.

Like letters and numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the views of the drawings.

In carrying out my invention I make up or mold my improved heel entirely of rubber and in the form of a block of the size and its upper side a cavity a, and the lower part of this cavity is extended atits sides to produce an internal annular recess a, the said cavity a and annular recess a or walls thereof extending parallel with the periphery or sides of the heel. (See Fig. 5.) The annular recess a. is rectangular in shape and provides a wall a between the inner end of said recess I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 28, 1905. Serial No- 280.555.

4 the cavity a between the walls a;

-upon the same at one side, prefer-ab i and outer edge of the heel, as well as a wall a,

between the upper part of said recess and top of the heel, the latter wall extending inwardly only a short distance, as shown.

In the bottom of the cavity I provide a Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

de ression a and in the under side or treadsurface of the rubber heel are several recesses or cavities a For the purpose of overcoming the habit which a great many people-have of wearing the heel at one side more than the other I'provide one'of the inner corners of my im roved rubber heel with an exte'nsion'a, w 'ch is formed at that side of the heel that usually receives the greatest wearin some instances at the inner side of the shoe and in other instances at the outer side thereof. This extension a acts to throw the weight of the per son toward the other side of the heel and will gradually. train the wearer to walk squarely on the heel and sole of the shoe. heel is also furnished in the usual shapethat is, approximately straight across at the inner end, as indicatec in dotted lines in Fig. 6.

To provide for attaching my improved rubber heel to the boot or shoe, the rear part of the sole B thereof is provided with a false piece 1) extends beyond the strip or piece b' all around, so that such projecting portion of the strip 1) will enter the'annular, recess a, while the strip 1) lies within the upper art of T 1e pro j ecting portion of the strip 1) is beveled at its The rubber upper surface, (see Fig. 4,) whereby the strips 1) and b in conjunction with the sole B of t shoe will form an annular dovetailed recess, as b and said dovetailed recess receivin the wall a of the rubber heel will act to c amp thesame, and thereby firmly lock the rubber heel to the false heel.

I In applying the rubber heel it is placed over the false heel on the shoe, and b pulling l y at the point a, it will give or stretch sufficiently, so that itmay be sprung overthe projecting portion of the strip b and so that the inwardly-projectin wall a will enter the annular recess b When applied and in use, the depression a in the bottom of the cavity will no provide an air-space or cushion,- vvhile' the cavities in the under side or bottom'of'the heel will provide an easier tread.

It Will be understood that the heel maybe readily applied to an ordinary shoe by simply removingthe usual leather heel and attaching the leather pieces or strips 1) and b also, that When Worn the rubber heel may be easily removed and a new pair substituted, or if Worn on one side they may be reversed by application to the other shoe.

To permit ingress and egress of air, the upper surface of the rubber heel is provided with grooves a.

, Having thus described my invention, I claim o In a heel for boots and shoes, the combination, or a false heel comprising a leather piece I) attached to the sole of the shoe and a arger leather piece I) attached to the aforesaid piece to project beyond the edges thereof all around and flared upward beyond the same to provide an annular dovetailed recess,

piece I) Will bind against the innerportion thereof, said rubber heel being further providedwith a cavity below the false heel; all as herein shown and described.

In' testimony whereof I have signed my name-to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses,

JOHN LOBER. Witnesses I HAZELI NORDEMAN,

HORACE S. BEALL. 

